European Union

Ireland pledges funding for UNRWA after US-led withdrawal of support

Feb 16, 2024 05:29

Ireland has pledged €20 million ($16.7 million) funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after the US and its allies suspended their assistance for the agency based on unsubstantiated Israeli allegations.
Italian farmers storm Rome's Circus Maximus in latest protest

Feb 16, 2024 04:08

More than a thousand farmers have stormed into Rome's historic chariot-racing stadium along with driving tractors in their prolonged campaigns that have resonated throughout various European capitals.
Spain, Ireland leaders urge EU to confront Israel’s 'grave, imminent threat'

Feb 14, 2024 11:30

The prime ministers of Spain and Ireland have called on the European Union to urgently confront Israel’s “grave and imminent threat” in Gaza’s overcrowded southern town of Rafah.
EU’s Borrell calls for Israel arms supply cut amid Gaza genocide

Feb 13, 2024 05:25

The European Union's foreign policy chief has called on Israel's allies to cut arms supplies for the regime if they want to lessen the immense civilian casualties that its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip is causing.
EU’s pressures on Hungary over Ukraine amounts to ‘political rape’: Adviser

Feb 11, 2024 10:04

The European Union’s pressure on Hungary to join Brussels in its all-out support for Kiev has become a “political rape” of Budapest, says an adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Planned Israeli offensive in Rafah 'alarming': EU's foreign policy chief

Feb 10, 2024 02:45

The Israeli regime's plans for a military offensive on Rafah in the Gaza Strip are "alarming,” the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borell has said.
Putin says 'impossible' to defeat Russia, has no interest in expanding war

Feb 09, 2024 11:46

President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against underestimating Russia, saying it is "impossible" to defeat his country in Ukraine, but that Moscow does not intend to expand the war to Poland and Latvia.
Defunding UNRWA ‘disproportionate, dangerous’ amid Gaza war: Top EU diplomat

Feb 05, 2024 06:15

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has warned that cutting funds to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is both a “disproportionate and dangerous” act that puts hundreds of thousands of lives at risk.
Iran: Cessation of Israeli crimes in Gaza sole way to halt regional crisis

Feb 02, 2024 08:49

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has underlined the need for stopping Israeli war crimes and genocide of Palestinians as a fundamental step in halting the crisis in the entire region.
Angry farmers protest outside EU Parliament in Brussels

Feb 02, 2024 03:47

As farmer protests spread through many countries across Europe, producers have expressed their discontent by throwing eggs and stones at the European Parliament building, demanding the EU leaders to cut taxes and lower the rising costs.